144 CHERRIES. 



7. JEFFREY'S ROYAL. Q. Lindl Plan of an Orchard, 

 1796. 



Royale. Duhamel, 20, t. 15. 



Cherry Duke. Ib. 



Fruit round, nearly as large as a May Duke, a little 

 hollowed at the base, in clusters, some of which have 

 four cherries on a common peduncle. Stalk an inch 

 from the fork, and a quarter of an inch above it. Skin 

 of a fine deep red, which becomes almost black when 

 fully ripe. Flesh pale red, firm, succulent. Juice plen- 

 tiful, rich, and high flavoured. 



Ripe the middle and end of July. 



This cherry was introduced into notice about fifty 

 years ago by a Mr. Jeffrey, a nurseryman at Brompton 

 Park. The tree is the most compact grower of all the 

 sorts in our collections, its branches seldom shooting 

 more than six or nine inches in a year : the buds are so 

 close together, and the spurs so numerous and crowded, 

 that the fruit forms most dense bunches. It can 

 scarcely be propagated otherwise than by budding. 



8. KENTISH. Miller, No. 1. 

 Flemish. Langley, 1. 18. f. 1. 



. Fruit middle-sized, round, flattened at both ends. 

 Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, and sunk in a 

 rather deep hollow. Skin of a dingy red, slightly 

 marbled with dull brown, and having occasionally a few 

 both opaque and transparent spots. Flesh rather firm, 

 but succulent, with a somewhat astringent but sacc^a- 

 rine juice. 



Ripe about the middle of August. 



This is one of the most common and most hardy 

 cherries cultivated in this country, the May Duke ex- 

 cepted. It is very probably one of those which were 

 brought from Flanders by Richard Haines, about three 

 hundred years ago. EVELYN says, " It was the plain 

 industry of one Richard Haines, a fruiterer to King 



